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    Workplace flexibility: the secret weapon for cracking gender diversity in business?

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    Despite recent UK government efforts to increase the number of women in leadership positions, the pressing need to improve the number of women appointed to boardroom roles remains firmly under the spotlight. And even with the high volume of attention this issue is receiving, British businesses are still struggling to identify and address the factors preventing this from becoming a reality. Lord Davies has insisted that the UK is stepping up to his call for more women on UK boards, but progress...
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    Enhanced PartnerDirect Program Offers Channel Partners More Paths to Profit

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    The PartnerDirect program is evolving – and to your advantage! We’re very excited to welcome our Dell software partners into an enhanced and more comprehensive PartnerDirect program as officially announced at our Power to Do More: Accelerating Results event . Greg Davis, vice president and general manager of Global Commercial Channel at Dell was there to share the news with media and analysts. In case you missed the The VAR Guy’ s live blog from San Francisco, or eChannelLine...
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    Dell Weekly Recap: News & Customer Spotlight (June 14 Edition)

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    Dell Weekly Recap: News & Customer Spotlight Welcome to the latest edition of Dell’s Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings. TOP STORY OF THE WEEK Alienware shows off its all-new gaming notebook lineup at E3 – June 10, 2013 If there’s one thing Dell has done right over the years, it’s been to let Alienware—the boutique gaming PC manufacturer Dell acquired in 2006 —remain Alienware. Based on the new notebook...
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    Identity & Access Management is Risky Business at Gartner’s Security & Risk Summit

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    Today I had the pleasure of moderating a panel at Gartner’s Security & Risk Summit in National Harbor, just outside of Washington, D.C. The topic was the risks inherent in an Identity & Access Management (IAM) project. Not the risks you’re trying to mitigate with the IAM results, but rather we focused on the risks in choosing to embark on an IAM project in the first place. That may sound like a strange thing for a company trying to sell solutions to bring up. However, we find...
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    Pike Powers Lab: Powering the future of sustainable energy solutions

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    A ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this week celebrated the opening of a high-tech laboratory in the middle of an Austin residential neighborhood not far from The University of Texas campus. The sleek, modern building blends with the surrounding homes, but once inside the doors it becomes very clear that this is no ordinary place. The building houses the Pike Powers Laboratory & Center for Commercialization , the latest development of Pecan Street, Inc. , the country’s most robust and...
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    The Optiplex XE2 – Where a standard PC is not enough

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    By: Andreas Ertel , Dell OEM Solutions Consultant Evolution of Embedded IT Devices In an “embedded world” everybody talks about lifecycles of 10 or more years for an embedded IT device. This certainly has justification for many embedded controllers and devices that are hidden inside a machine, performing a single or crucial task, 24/7, 365 days a year. However, embedded IT devices have started to look and function more and more like that of a standard PC. In this world, where...
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    Join Dell and McAfee for a Tweet Chat on BYOD and Security

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    Bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) is all about empowering employees to do their jobs with a device of their choosing to increase productivity. However, making it work in a safe and secure manner is not as clear cut as it once was when a company owned all the devices and controlled the rules. With a vast array of devices and more security threats than ever before, how can your organization incorporate BYOD into the mix to appease a workforce that is starting to demand it? Join Dell, McAfee...
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    One device to do it all –consolidating with a tablet

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    The average worker is carrying less devices with them as they move around during the day (2.95 devices v’s 3.5 devices in 2012). Part of this trend is being driven by device consolidation with tablets at the forefront. A tablet pc now incorporates: camera; movies/dvd player; e-wallet; video recorder; e-book reader; notepad; e-newspaper; gaming device and many tablets have the option of using them as a phone as well. Check out the Dell range of Windows 8 tablets here . ...
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    Want the most benefit from analyzing big data?

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    Want the most benefit from analyzing big data? Don’t overlook this important factor that the successful companies know. If you don’t read at least once a day about how Big Data Analytics will create insight that will, apparently miraculously, lead to better decisions, a more competitive market position and improved business outcomes, you must be living on Jupiter. Actually, I do live on Jupiter (Street) and I find myself relentlessly barraged with this overly-simplistic claim. I...
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    E3 2013 set the stage for Alienware

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    E3 2013 set the stage for Alienware to launch its new line up of powerful gaming laptops. The new designs mark a departure from the previous generation and take on a bold new form. All three of the laptops share similar design characteristics, such as an anodized aluminum shell and magnesium alloy body. This makes for one tough exterior. They also have smooth, angular lines that will catch all the attention in the room. They also feature a new lighting design that highlights the base of each...
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    LionelatDell’s Farewell Post on Direct2Dell

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    This is my last post on Direct2Dell. After almost 700 blog posts , and thousands of other comments and status updates, I’ve decided to say goodbye to Dell so I can start the next phase of my career— to rejoin Bob Pearson and a great team of folks at W2O Group down the road in Austin. I’ve been a Dell employee for almost 18 years. It’s been one heck of a ride—especially the last seven years when social media became my full time gig. I’ve been fortunate enough...
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    Big Announcements in the Big Easy at Microsoft TechEd

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    We’re just back from a road trip to the Big Easy! Hands on experience with our new VRTX cluster Microsoft TechEd is always a great opportunity for us to connect with IT professionals from all over the country. A time to share ideas and innovations. A time to hear directly from you. This week, we headed to New Orleans for a week of presentations, breakout sessions, hands on learning and many conversations. We also amplified the exciting converged infrastructure announcements we made...
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    The @Dell ZeroIMPACT #Migration Day is back June 13th: now with expert video chats and two live webcasts!

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    Join us for the next ZeroIMPACT Migration Day , a FREE virtual event where you’ll get unlimited access to the industry's top migration experts – attend two LIVE webcasts or chat directly with our experts throughout the day. This unique virtual event will take place on Thursday, June 13th from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Eastern Time. Why attend this one-of-a-kind virtual event? Visit the Auditorium: Watch one of our LIVE migration webcasts about Exchange 2013 and Windows XP/7/8. ...
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    Dell Weekly Recap & Customer Spotlight (June 7 Edition)

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    Dell Weekly Recap: News & Customer Spotlight Welcome to the latest edition of Dell’s Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings. TOP STORY OF THE WEEK Dell XPS 11 Combines the Best of Lenovo's Yoga and Microsoft's Surface Unlike Acer and Asus, who overwhelmed us with sheer numbers this morning, Dell's Computex assault is formed by just one, standout product, the XPS 11. This 11.6-inch laptop touts an outstanding 2560 x 1440...
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    Michigan...A Right-to-Work State?

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    Michigan has become a right-to-work state . Wait, Michigan? The home of the sit down strike in the late 30s that led to the unionization of the auto business is now a right-to-work state? To me, growing up in a blue collar, heavily union suburb of Detroit, this is still big, shocking news. I attended last week’s Mackinac Policy Conference and came home a bit shell-shocked about changes occurring in the state. New entrepreneurial start-ups around raw juice , mobile apps and energy management...
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    The Four “W”s of Successful Big Data Projects

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    It seems everyone, including me, is talking about Big Data project pitfalls. I recently authored an article for CMSWire on the topic, describing the roadblocks organizations typically face when embarking on a Big Data initiative. When I talk to customers, they complain that an overall lack of organizational alignment, access and knowledge are causing Big Data projects to fail. Others point to massive confusion that the many vendors are generating by claiming, “we do Big Data” and “you...
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    Fulfilling the Promise of Analytics

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    One of the best aspects of my job as GM of Dell Software’s Information Management group is talking with customers, industry analysts, peers and colleagues. Lately, it seems that no matter where these conversations start, they inevitably gravitate toward the promise of analytics. It’s clear we’re on the precipice of a tectonic shift in the way organizations do business, and analytics are poised to be the driving force behind that shift. It could be said that 2013 is the Year of...
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    U.S. Government Open Data initiative: Good for business or Pandora’s box?

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    President Obama has made it a top priority for his administration to make government data transparent and available to all agencies, government employees and public citizens. In a recent article in FCW , author Adam Mazmanian gives a detailed background on the open data initiative and poses the question of whether open data can change the culture of government. A key example of the positives of open data likely rests on many reader’s car dashboards – the GPS device that was made possible...
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    Unified Management for the IT Service Centric, Automated Data Center

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    Building on the momentum of the Active System Manager 1.0 launch in early October last year, and a limited release of version 7.0 in March this year, I’m proud to announce the launch of Active System Manager 7.1. This new version provides unified management for the entire Active System portfolio, including the Active System 50, 200, 800, and 1000, and associated reference architectures. Active System Manager 7.1 offers many new capabilities and enhancements which customers can leverage to...
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    Fighting Botnets to Bitcoin with Dell Next-Generation Firewalls

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    If your IT organization is worried about how to fight the botnets to bitcoins threats, you needed to be at Dell Enterprise Forum in San Jose, California. I had the opportunity to present and engage with our customers and partners at two breakout sessions: “ Expand Your Portfolio with Dell Security Solutions ” and “ Best Practices for Combining Dell SonicWALL and Dell Networking .” The latter was a collaborative effort with Bala Pitchaikani, head of Product Management, Dell...
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    Deliver your critical data by the “speed of flash” to optimize your data center with Dell Compellent

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    Editor's note: This post was co-written with Alan Atkinson, VP/ GM Dell Storage. How are you addressing your exponential data growth and resulting application workload challenges? Two of the main considerations in choosing an IT solution today are performance and cost. In today’s virtualized application world where I/O access patterns are much more random, flash storage can deliver impressive performance due to the absence of rotational and seek latencies. For your other data, or if...
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    When great things come together, great things happen: Dell Fluid File System + Dell Compellent

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    First, we introduced Dell's Fluid File System (FluidFS), built to unify block and file storage and provide customers with the tools necessary to manage file data. FluidFS removed the scalability limitations associated with traditional file systems. Next, we integrated the FluidFS technology with Compellent hardware to deliver exceptional performance and value in a solution built to meet customer needs today and for years to come. This intelligent and highly scalable appliance uses the agile,...
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    Dell launches 2020 packaging goals

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    By 2020, Dell aims to have a waste-free packaging stream: all packaging will be sourced from sustainable materials, and all of it will be recyclable or compostable. In short — Dell customers won’t have to send any of their packaging to the landfill. As part of this effort, we’re introducing a new Dell sustainable material — wheat straw — in some of our cardboard boxes. It joins other innovative materials such as bamboo and mushroom that we’re using to revolutionize...
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    What’s next in research computing? Good things come in converged packages

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    Collaboration and accessibility are the new drivers of research computing. Historically, supercomputing was driven by very large systems running relatively limited sets of research queries. However, researchers at leading research institutions around the world tell us it’s not how big the super computer is, or even how much power you can put behind a single research case, the challenge is how to make research computing and analysis available to as many research teams as possible in support...
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    New converged infrastructure enterprise solutions empower customers of all sizes

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    Dell is announcing differentiated solutions to its converged infrastructure portfolio designed to help customers of all sizes and is bringing enterprise-class converged technology to a whole new set of customers: branch office companies and the small and medium business market. More than 1,200 customers, partners, analysts and press will attend the Dell Enterprise Forum , starting today. Converged solutions are designed to address customers’ needs for simplicity and agility and today...
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